Here For The Food connects people through food, storytelling and shared experiences. Partners can support the year-round platform, help bring the festival to life, or build a custom experience that fits their goals.
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The Festival
Here for the Food Fest: Taste of Lincoln
Saturday, October 17, 2026 · 4:00 to 9:00 PM · Dinner
Sunday, October 18, 2026 · 12:00 to 5:00 PM · Brunch
Food Truck Zone · 699 K Street · Lincoln, Nebraska
A two-day celebration of Lincoln's food, people and culture featuring local restaurants, live music, DJs, drinks and interactive festival experiences.
Six ways in, from $500 community support to full presenting partnership. Every tier stacks on the one below it.
Pick your level
Choose a budget to see what you get and what you can put your name on.
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Friend of the Fest Small Business FriendlyMultiple Available
Recognition and community support
$500entry level
The entry point for businesses that believe in Lincoln's food community. Your support helps make the festival possible and keeps it accessible.
Website recognition on the official festival site
Banner recognition — your name on festival signage
Thank-you social post featured on our channels
Sponsor slideshow displayed throughout the event
4 general admission tickets for you and your team
Community Partner Easy YesMultiple Available
Increased visibility and brand presence
$1,500most popular
Ideal for local businesses wanting a meaningful presence in the festival community. Your partnership strengthens the local business ecosystem that makes this festival possible.
Everything in Friend of the Fest
Enhanced website recognition with prominent logo placement
Social media recognition with a dedicated brand mention
Event slideshow inclusion across both days
2 VIP + 2 general admission tickets
Silver Partner Limited
Name a meaningful festival experience
$3,500name an activation
Own a meaningful piece of the guest experience. At this level your brand is woven into the fabric of the festival, not just on a banner.
Everything in Community Partner
Naming rights for one activation — your brand owns that experience
Larger logo placement and prominent signage at your activation
Additional hospitality with VIP access for your team
Enhanced digital promotion across social, email and web
Additional tickets for staff and guests
Example activations: Community Seating, Water Station, Volunteer Hospitality, Festival Maps, Wristbands, Charging Stations, Sustainability, Information Booth.
Gold Partner Limited
Own a signature guest experience
$5,000signature space
Support a signature guest experience that thousands of attendees will remember. Gold Partners own high-traffic, high-visibility festival destinations.
Everything in Silver Partner
Larger, premium activation space in a high-traffic location
Large-format signage in a branded environment guests inhabit
Expanded ticket package for clients and staff
Greater social visibility, featured across all promotions
Enhanced hospitality with VIP access for your full team
Example activations: Chill Zone, Family Zone, Photo Booth, Entrance Experience, Beer Garden, Entertainment Area.
Platinum Partner Limited
Headline the festival's biggest moments
$7,000headline level
Headline the moments that define the festival experience. Platinum Partners are at the center of everything, on stage and in front of thousands.
Everything in Gold Partner
Premium branding across the festival on all major signage and materials
Stage mentions — your brand announced during performances
Large-scale activation at one of the festival's headline destinations
VIP hospitality package with full VIP access for your team
Extensive ticket package for clients, partners and staff
Example activations: VIP Lounge, Main Stage, Official Power Sponsor, Entertainment Sponsor, Festival Shuttle, Hospitality Sponsor.
Sponsored Moments Easy YesMultiple Available
Own one hyped moment of the weekend
$500+per moment
Put your name on a specific, high-energy moment of the festival — the kind of branded moment guests see, hear and share. Accessible, repeatable, and perfect for a business that wants a memorable presence without a full tier.
The Countdown — "Doors open, presented by [Brand]"
Next Act — main stage set changes brought to you by [Brand]
First 100 Guests — free tote to the first 100, presented by [Brand]
Hourly Giveaway — one hyped giveaway per hour with your name on it
The Big Giveaway — the headline end-of-fest prize moment
Best Bite Award — we crown a vendor, your brand presents it
The Recap Video — "Festival recap presented by [Brand]," lives online long after
Moments are priced individually from $500 depending on scale and visibility. The Recap Video and Big Giveaway are the premium moments. Ask which are still open.
Giveaway Activation Add-OnMultiple Available
Turn a prize into measurable engagement
$300+plus prize
Add a live giveaway to any partnership. Provide a product, gift card, or experience to give away at a Here For The Food event — a dinner, spa day, grill, food tour, or a "Dinner with Keenan."
Live giveaway moment
Sponsor mention
Social tag
Recap thank-you
The Giveaway Activation is $300 plus a sponsor-provided prize and attaches to any partnership tier above.
Every Partnership Is Built Around You
The tiers are starting points, not walls. If your budget is between levels, or if you have products or services to contribute as in-kind support, we can build something that works. Cash and in-kind partnerships welcome, custom activations at any level, multi-year discounts available, and returning sponsors receive first renewal rights.
Current Partners
Official Soft Drink Partner
Pepsi / LinPepCo
Photo Booth Sponsor
Union Bank & Trust (UBT)
Volunteer Program Sponsor
CompanyCam
Community & Destination Partner
Visit Lincoln
Community & Destination Partner
City of Lincoln
Live Storytelling Experiences
Here For The Story
An intimate dining and storytelling series bringing guests together around collaborative food, honest conversation and the people shaping our community.
Presenting Partner 1 Available
Name a full season
$7,500per season
Attach your name to a season of intimate dining experiences and honest community storytelling.
"Here For The Story presented by [Brand]"
Top recognition across the season
Recognition at each scheduled experience
Guest hospitality package
Website, email, social and recap recognition
Approved gifting or activation opportunity
Season pricing is based on the confirmed number of experiences.
Individual Story Partner Limited
Back a single experience
$1,500per experience
Recognition tied to one experience
Four guest tickets
Event signage and verbal recognition
Website, email and recap recognition
Approved gifting opportunity
Community Access Partner Limited
Open seats to more people
$1,000+event / season
Underwrite seats so more community members can participate in Here For The Story.
Recognition as making community access possible
Impact recognition after the experience
Website, email and event recognition
No access to private guest information unless guests explicitly opt in
$1,000 per experience · $3,500 per season
The Platform
Support Here For The Food
Here For The Food's Community Partners help make independent food storytelling, restaurant discovery and community experiences possible. Partners support the platform without selecting which restaurants are featured or influencing Keenan's editorial decisions.
Community Supporter Open
Year-round platform support
$500annually
Website partner recognition
Recognition in an annual or seasonal partner thank-you
Invitations to select Here For The Food experiences
Recap recognition
This is a year-round platform partnership and is separate from the festival's Friend of the Fest package.
Community Partner Limited
Recognition across the year
$5,000annually
Year-round platform recognition
Website and newsletter recognition
Recognition across select events and community recaps
Festival recognition where appropriate
Hospitality and ticket package
Priority access to custom partnership conversations
Presenting Platform Partner 2 Available
Top-level year-round recognition
$10,000annually
Top-level year-round recognition
"Here For The Food supported by [Brand]" language in approved platform-level placements
Premium website, newsletter and event recognition
Hospitality across Here For The Food experiences
Custom community activation
Dedicated annual impact recap
This partnership does not allow the sponsor to select restaurants, influence reviews, or purchase positive coverage.
Editorial Independence
Our partners help make the work possible, but they do not choose which restaurants Keenan features, control his opinion, or purchase positive coverage.
Dedicated Content & Custom Campaigns
Dedicated Partner Story Available
Content built around your brand
$1,500+starting at
A separate piece of content created specifically around the partner, its people, its work or its community impact. This is not an advertisement added to another restaurant's story.
Collaborative concept development
Dedicated original video
Organic distribution through agreed channels
Sponsor may repost on its owned social channels
Paid advertising and extended commercial usage rights negotiated separately
Custom Campaign Available
A multi-part campaign around your goal
$3,500+starting at
A multi-part storytelling or community campaign built around a clear goal, audience and idea.
Custom creative concept
Multiple agreed deliverables
Cross-platform distribution
Optional event or giveaway connection
Reporting and recap
Paid media and commercial usage negotiated separately
See something that fits? Let's build the right partnership.
Choose an opportunity or reach out with your goals. Custom combinations are available when they make sense for the partner and the experience.
